Music that moves mountains Share CLOSE Conductor and composer Tang Qingshi and the Sichuan Liangshan Mountain Symphony Orchestra perform at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on May 3. Tang has devoted the past eight years to popularizing classical music among audiences of Daliangshan area, a mountainous area in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Xichang, Southwest China s Sichuan province.[Photo provided to China Daily]
Orchestra festival highlights determination of rural ensemble to popularize classical works, Chen Nan reports.
The National Center for the Performing Arts staged its annual China Orchestra Festival from April 8 to May 7, presenting 21 concerts, featuring 22 symphony orchestras from 14 provinces in the country.